Encryption startup NuCypher has raised $10.67 million via a simple agreement of future tokens (SAFT) Series 2 sale, ahead of its mainnet launch. The funding round was led by venture capital firm Polychain Capital and...

Post-trade financial service firm Depository Trust Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has confirmed that it would delay the launching of its blockchain-based post-trade platform for derivatives by several months, to avoid...

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the governing body of the New York Stock Exchange, has carried out the first block trade of Bakkt Bitcoin futures contracts. As per a press release, the first Bakkt Bitcoin futures trade...

Digital payments firm PayPal becomes the first company to withdraw from the Libra Association, the 28-member firm that will oversee Facebooks upcoming Libra cryptocurrency. Speaking to CoinDesk, a company spokesperson...

Japanese financial holding company Nomura has signed a final agreement with chat giant LINE and LVC Corporation, LINEs subsidiary focused on its virtual currency and blockchain-related business, to form a financial...

Cryptocurrency custodian BitGo has announced the launch of its staking service with initial support for Dash and Algorand. The company said that the foundation of BitGo Staking is its recent acquisition of Hedge, a...

The oldest taxi company in Vietnam, Mai Linh, will adopt Beowulfs SDK for in-app voice calling and messaging capabilities, enabling riders to coordinate their rides more efficiently and quickly. This adoption will improve...

Blockchain analytics company Chainalysis has launched on-demand compliance and investigations software for ERC-20 tokens. The companys crypto anti-money laundering (AML) compliance solution, Chainalysis KYT (Know Your...

Cryptocurrency wallet provider Blockchain.com is reportedly about to lose two of its top executives, according to a report by The Information. Citing sources familiar with the matter, the report revealed that the firms...

Asset management firm Stone Ridge has filed a prospectus for its bitcoin futures fund with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday. The fund is dubbed as the NYDIG Bitcoin Strategy Fund and...

Leading cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is providing a 1.25% annualized interest rate for holders storing USD Coin (USDC) on its platform. As per its announcement, the annual percentage yield rewards will be...

Swiss stock exchange SIX is going to list a new crypto exchange-traded product (ETP) with a combination of bitcoin (BTC) and ethereum (ETH), The Block reported. Amun AG, a Swiss fintech company, has partnered with...

Vega, a provider of decentralized trading technology, has raised $5 million in a seed funding round led by Pantera Capital. Xpring (Ripple), Hashed, NGC Ventures, gumi Cryptos Capital, Rockaway Blockchain, KR1, Eden...

InstaDApp, an India-based digital banking portal for DeFi protocols, has secured $2.4 million in seed funding from strategic investors such as Pantera Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Balaji Srinivasan, Naval Ravikant, and IDEO...

The Global Currency Organization (GCO), led by former employees of JP Morgan, Intel, and TrustToken, is launching a new U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin, called the USD Digital (USDD). We are excited to introduce a...